The hungry and homeless in Reading will get a hot Christmas dinner this December after a bar announced it would be opening up to those in need.

Public Reading, the bar and games room in Castle Street, will offer hot food and drinks to rough sleepers after it was revealed the town has the third highest number of homeless people in the South East.

There are currently more than 1,000 people living in temporary accommodation or sleeping rough within the Reading borough.

From midday on Sunday, December 18 Public Reading will offer a festive feast with a proper Christmas atmosphere to families and individuals who would otherwise go without.